Physical training important for our health

Many women nowadays have realized that they need active sports activities to keep their bodies fit and are now involved in resistance training.

Saturday, August 15, 2009
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Many women nowadays have realized that they need active sports activities to keep their bodies fit and are now involved in resistance training.

Resistance training is important for all people including women because it allows you to be active and have a healthy body. One may also gain the needed strength and well built muscles.
Women usually do not have the natural muscle structure that most men have. They may not also have the same strength to carry heavy loads or the same resistance like those of men.

It is also to carry out such activities at the early stage, because the body may no longer have the same strength like when one was still young.

This happens because of the lifestyle one has attained or just because of aging process. This body strength or resistance may have just decreased and your body tends to weaken.

One can benefit many things when he or she gets into resistance training.

Even if one is not an athlete or a body building enthusiast, a person still needs to get into resistance training programs. Having an active body and well-toned muscles can provide a person with more strength and good resistance.

Some simple physical trainings are important for example doing some workout outdoors like walking and jogging to get a better blood circulation. 

A person may also do some stretching and warm up exercises to allow the blood nutrients go to the muscles and joints of your body.

Muscle stretching also helps in lessening the risks of injuries and muscle pains after the work out. Muscles tend to sore and get strained if you are not well warmed up and do the proper stretching techniques before the work out.

In addition, muscle stretching also gives a person more flexibility. These muscles will be able to execute exercises comfortably and effectively.

It is advisable that one may do repetitive stretching and warm ups. Repetition of exercises makes our muscles and joints more enhanced and more adapted to the motion one needs for executing.

When a person is ready to lift weights, he or she should first work on the larger muscles then the smaller ones, and then finally go to the muscles that are isolated.

Person may execute push- ups that can enhance the upper muscles of the body.

Before doing triceps extension exercises, one should first focus on the larger muscle groups such as the muscle found in your butt. You may execute exercises like repetitive squatting, box step-ups, and lunges.

A person may also choose to work on the quads which is the muscle found on the front thigh.

He or she may perform repetitive squatting and lunges as well. You may also use the leg extension machine and the leg press machine for a well-executed exercise.

The important principle to remember is the need to work on the opposite muscles.

Muscles tend to get imbalanced especially if the amounts of exercises are not equally distributed.

When performing triceps extension, it is advised that you also do bicep exercises.

The work out on the chest and the stomach area is like crunches, it is important that you do back extension exercises to get a balanced upper muscle toning.

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